“Today, we decided on sending a stick of candy.”
“Why, do you think I’m going to sleep because of something else?”
Lionel coughed awkwardly and chuckled.
When our eyes met, he looked back at the distant royal carriage of the Tabelo Empire, which had begun to reveal its figure again.
“So, what is the reason?”
“A body was found in the empress’s palace garden. You must have been quite surprised. Stay in the main palace for a while.”
“Not just today, but for a while?”
“Why, does that sound scarier than a murder that occurred in the empress’s palace garden?”
Perhaps due to the rising tone of my voice, he showed a slightly displeased look.
“That’s not it.”
“If it’s not, do as I say. If not, you might become a human stick of candy tonight.”
“Pfft.”
The thought of actually becoming a human stick of candy crossed my mind, and I burst into laughter.
“Joking, right? You know how many huge honey jars there are in the palace, right?”
“Wow, are you suggesting I’ll be left out in the honey jar?”
“Is that all? I’ll treat you just like candy, just like…”
Lionel narrowed his eyes, licked his lips, and scanned me from top to bottom.
“Another threat.”
“Not a threat but a request.”
“Her Majesty really should learn to…”
“Yeah, sweet like honey, right?”
With his sweet joke, the royal carriage of the Tabelo Empire came to a stop in front of the main palace.
Interestingly, the carriage door opened automatically.
A few seconds later, a man who looked like Emperor Adrian, with silver hair fluttering, descended onto the stairs without touching the ground.
Rather than being surprised that he used magic, I found it unnecessary for him to reveal magic in such a trivial act.
I glanced at Lionel.
He, too, was watching Emperor Adrian, who had just walked up the stairs, with an unfriendly gaze.
“Emperor of Raphion, it’s been a while. The curse seems to persist.”
Emperor Adrian spoke with an expression that seemed to feel something, scanning Lionel’s body.
“Thanks to your concern. Emperor Adrian also seems to be the same. The length of your hair is also the same.”
Lionel seemed bothered by Emperor Adrian’s long hair fluttering in the wind.
“Because my hair is as soft as my personality. By the way, Empress of Raphion. Nice to meet you for the first time.”
Emperor Adrian kissed the back of my hand and bent one knee. It was quite an excessive courtesy for an emperor.
[Dashes] ‘What if I dressed the empresses in the clothes the empresses wear? It would be quite charming with a slender waist…’“!”
What’s wrong with my head?
Or did I hear a hallucination in my ear?
I clearly heard Emperor Adrian’s voice just now.
However, after kissing the back of my hand, he immediately straightened up, and his lips were tightly closed.
So… it wasn’t something he directly conveyed to me.
Then, what was the voice I just heard?
Could I have heard Emperor Adrian’s inner thoughts?
Why?!
I was so surprised, wondering what was going on, that I couldn’t respond immediately to the greeting Emperor Adrian offered.
With astonished eyes, I stared at Emperor Adrian’s red eyes.
[Dash] ‘What’s with that look? Could it be… is he smitten with me? Well, it’s not surprising. If it’s not the Empress of the Raphion Empire, I’d like to bring her to the ‘Wony’ palace.’Once again, Emperor Adrian’s inner thoughts reached me.
I stared at him, thinking he might be using some kind of magic, but that wasn’t the case at all.
Moreover, unless he was crazy, there was no possibility that he would say such things directly to me while Lionel was blatantly present.
[Dash] ‘If another emperor greets, you should respond immediately. Aren’t you a somewhat lacking empress compared to your appearance?’While Emperor Adrian was smiling at me, he was cursing me inwardly.
“Empress? Is something bothering you?”
As I kept staring blankly at Emperor Adrian, Lionel, sensing something odd, gently wrapped his arm around my shoulders and asked.
“Oh, well… I ate too much cake earlier, so my stomach doesn’t feel too well. I apologize for the delay in greeting. Your Majesty Adrian. It’s an honor to meet you.”
I regained my composure and properly greeted.
“I heard that Emperor Adrian loves peace and generously bestows fairness to women. Hearsay, of course.”
“Hahaha, who has been telling such truths about me? It seems like someone who knows me quite well.”
“Her Majesty mentioned it.”
I smiled and looked at Lionel again.
“Surprising, isn’t it? Emperor Adrian seems to have such thoughts about me.”
Emperor Adrian, with an unbelieving look, stared at him.
“I don’t remember saying such things. Empress?”
It could have just been brushed off with a smile, but he chose to reveal the truth.
“It’s embarrassing.”
Emperor Adrian said, putting his long silver hair behind his ears.
Lionel stood with a very annoyed expression, and, saying that Emperor Adrian had come a long way, suggested that he should go to the star palace where the guests were staying, seeming eager to send Emperor Adrian to the star palace quickly.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
